Manuel Gamiz Jr.

Writer

Manuel Gamiz Jr. is responsible for reporting on crime in Lehigh County and surrounding areas for The Morning Call. Besides covering breaking crime, fires and accidents in the area, he also attends court hearings, analyzes and reports on crime trends and writes profiles of hardened criminals, tragic victims and perplexing or gruesome crimes. Prior to working at The Morning Call, he worked at several newspapers in Texas and California, including the Los Angeles Times. He has written stories on a number of beats, including prep sports, education, cities and suburbs. He has also written previews and reviews of rock concerts.

Recent Articles

A Palmer Township man has been charged with allegedly driving the wrong way on a Lynn Township road in the summer, causing a crash that killed a 67-year-old man, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin announced Friday. Alan B. Mannon, 66, of Cobblestone Drive in Palmer was charged with one...

Like many schools across the country likely did on Thursday, a Dieruff High School class in Allentown discussed the mass shooting in Florida that claimed the lives of 17 high school students and staff. Teacher Reina Garcia asked her Dieruff students how the shooting made them feel, and they took...

A 21-year-old woman died from injuries suffered in a Friday morning crash in Upper Macungie Township. Emily Tomredle of South Whitehall Township died at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, authorities said. Tomredle was driving west on Cetronia Road at 9:55 a.m. Friday when she lost control while...

A New York truck driver has been charged in a 2016 multivehicle crash on Route 222 in Lower Macungie Township that killed an elderly woman, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin announced Friday. Gary Pellegrino, 67, of White Plains, N.Y., allegedly rear-ended a line of stopped vehicles on...

The incident that left a man bleeding from his belly Thursday night at the LA Fitness gym in Wilson was not a stabbing, but “a relatively minor assault,” police said Friday. Wilson police were dispatched 8:58 p.m. Thursday on a report that someone was stabbed at the fitness center on 340 S. 25th...

The man killed Wednesday morning when he collided the stolen car he was driving head-on with a dump truck was a 19-year-old from Allentown, state police at Reading said. Kelvin Baez was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6:45 a.m. crash on Huffs Church Road in District Township, Berks County,...

Last month, an 18-year-old Salisbury High School student made an online threat on his Snapchat account to commit an “act of violence against the high school,” authorities say. It was fortunate that bad weather had closed the school that day, but even more fortunate that another student on Snapchat...

A Berks County man was charged with sexually assaulting a girl several times over the past year, according to detectives with the Berks County District Attorney’s child abuse unit. Paul M. Ewing, 36, of Douglassville, surrendered to Berks County detectives on Thursday and he was awaiting arraignment...